Man City star lets rip at team-mates after Man Utd loss: 'We played like Under-15s' - The Mirror

Manchester United profited from Manchester City's late collapse in Sunday's derby clash, and Bernardo Silva has stuck the boot in on his team-mates following their 2-1 defeat

Bernardo Silva has torn into Manchester City following their late collapse in the Manchester derby, claiming they played like a bunch of children.

The Premier League champions were a goal to the good against Manchester United courtesy of Josko Gvardiol's header. But two late goals in quick succession for United - a penalty from Bruno Fernandes and Amad's last-gasp strike - turned the game on its head.

City had been in woeful prior to Sunday's match and have now won just one of their past 11 games in all competitions.

And unsurprisingly, Silva didn't hold back in his post-match assessment. "We deserved what happened," he told Sky Sports. "At this level, a game or two is unlucky. We can't say this is lucky or unlucky - 10 games, it's not about that.

"Minute 87 in a derby, winning 1-0 and our corner ends in a penalty for them, if we make these stupid decisions with three or four minutes to go, you deserve to pay for that. Looking at the game, I think there was only one team that could win the game, but at the end we lost.

"It's not one game; it's a lot of games lately. We have to look at ourselves. You can't say oh it's a bit unlucky, no. It's the decisions you make. Today in the last minute, we played like under-15s."

Silva added: "It's quite normal that we're not very happy at the minute. Not just this game, but the last month. We have to do better individually and collectively because it's not the standards of Manchester City."

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Fellow midfielder Phil Foden echoed similar sentiments when he spoke to the BBC post-match. He said: "Massively [disappointed] -- the game was in our hands. We were 1-0 up and controlling the game. We had a lot of possession. Seems to be the story at the moment. I don't know what happens but we switch off and they score two goals.

"It keeps happening at the moment. We have to stick together now, rebuild and go again. You can concede at 1-1 but you can't concede straight after, that's unacceptable.

"At the start when you lose a couple of games [it's not a mentality problem] but when it happens a lot it feels like a mental thing. We need to get out of that and get back to winning ways and pick ourselves back up."

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